Mel; Go for the fun of it! . Make noise with it!. When I first came to Edinburgh I experienced such a melancholy by the cold and grey weather that I bought to myself an Spanish Classic guitar and learnt all by myself reading the basis for music guitar and playing the guitar. My first two years in Edinburhg I used to spend a great deal of of my spare time making noise with the guitar. Hahaha...!. It is possible that the early music was associated with The Catholic Church Institution due to it's power and also very educated people. For instance in Spain in the 13rd century there were two different currents of literature: One was orale and it was trasnmited by the juglar and the other one first written in paper was "The Mester of Clerecia" created by the Clergy and with regular verses called "Cuaderna Via". The topics are also more variated (history, novel, religious...) and the Authors are much more very well educated. Still these days Catholic Schools are highly reputable in Europe. Saying this it won't be difficult to understand that in Western Culture the Catholic Church had a most important role over a best education at all levels. Mayka --- On Thu, 10/3/11, Mel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mel <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] early music, church, Zen, etc(to Mayka/list) To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 10 March, 2011, 11:40 ...*smiles/laughter*...It sometimes does have its draw-backs.. Speaking of music lately, I've been getting myself involved in what's called Early Music..along the lines of Europe's Feudal, Medieval, and Renaissance music, and I attended my first concert a few weeks ago. This is because I'm currently learning to play the recorder. Yes, I know...*sighs/laughter*....parents get terrified of this simple plastic instrument when any of the children get hold of it. Well, I've always wanted to learn to play early music on this instrument, especially after having watched the film ELIZABETH(1998, Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush) However, with such interests as the above, I sometimes wonder, because most of such early music were associated with the church and the power that was the Vatican. Before going back to Zen, I have tried twice to return voluntarily to the Christian fold, and the emotions involved as well as other things/issues just ended up tampering with my rather precarious blood pressure and other health conditions. A part of me says that I should stick to only the Asian variety of Zen or Buddhist-like music, but the fact is...I love early music. I don't know...*smiles*...I just love it! I've just been listening to the work SHEPHERD's DANCE(Tielman Susato, 1510-1570 AD) on YouTube, and it has that soothing, calming effect..*grin*...whoever said that such calm, soothing music can only come from the Far East? And it was played with recorders ONLY...how about that? in Buddha's serenity Mel [email protected] --- On Wed, 9/3/11, Maria Lopez <[email protected]> wrote: From: Maria Lopez <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Something Refreshing To: [email protected] Received: Wednesday, 9 March, 2011, 8:49 PM Mel; Ah, You are a romantic!. Mayka --- On Wed, 9/3/11, Mel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mel <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Something Refreshing To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 9 March, 2011, 7:19 Aw c'mon guys(that also means gals), I'm 48 and I can't get enough of Fank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, and Andy Williams....great stars, yaaayyyyy!!! swayin' in Buddha's grace old style Mel --- On Wed, 9/3/11, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: Anything by The Beatles, The Kinks or Frank Zappa...(my age is showing) - also The Talking Heads...Bill! --- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> wrote: > > Mike: >  > What music would you recommend?. Yes, make a list. But not Sex Pistols > and alike.  I'm not into that.   Are you into that kind of dynamic > noise wave?.  However, I still listen from time to time to Pink Floyd. > Music is like everything else depends on the moment, place and mood I prefer > to listen to some or another.  I don't listen to only one specific style. > But a bit from here a bit from there. >  > What about you?.  What kind of music do you listen to?. What do you like? >  > Mayka > --- On Tue, 8/3/11, mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > Mayka, >  > I'd like to recommend some music you could listen to, but I'm assuming you're > not much of a Sex Pistols or Motorhead fan. I haven't heard of that film > about a paralyzed man, but when you wrote that ...and he dreams to have all > that.... then I thought he's not so different from us after all! >  > Mike
